I agree with Mladen, Translation is a perfect example of what a
'business object' or 'process object' should be ...
v/r
Stephen S. Wolfe, GS-11, DAFC
Data Services Manager
stephen.wolfe_at_macdill.af.mil
(813) 827-9972 DSN 651-9972=20
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> From: Mladen Gogala [mailto:gogala_at_sbcglobal.net]=20
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 12:06 PM
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> On 07/16/2004 11:51:40 AM, Bob Lofstrand wrote:
> > There is nothing (that I know of) in informix that is just like the=20
> > translate function.
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> With all due respect, I'm not sure that translating even=20
> belongs to the database. There are numerous tools to do that=20
> on the application side. The pervasive paradigm, as far as I=20
> am aware, is to have data stored in the database, and then translated=20
> as necessary, because the user might want to see the same=20
> data in English, Spanish, German or Croatian. Translating is=20
> an expensive operation and imposes unnecessary strain on the=20
> database server. Logically, translation belongs at the user end, not=20
> on the database server.
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> Mladen Gogala
> Oracle DBA
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